Yifeng Cheng Latest articles by Yifeng Cheng Can a Virus Fight Alcoholism? By Yifeng Cheng, Jun Wang published 25 October 16 Heavy drinking causes brain changes that make you want to drink more. But using a virus to deliver a gene into specific neurons in the brain may be a way to mitigate those changes. Alcohol Sign up for the Live Science daily newsletter nowGet the world’s most fascinating discoveries delivered straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors LATEST ARTICLES1Robots: Facts about machines that can walk, talk or do tasks that humans can't (or won't)2What is xeroderma pigmentosum? The rare genetic disorder that forces people to avoid sunlight3Diagnostic dilemma: A rash 'migrated' across a man's body from his anus4China's '2D' chip could soon be used to make silicon-free chips5Catquistadors: Oldest known domestic cats in the US died off Florida coast in a 1559 Spanish shipwreck
Can a Virus Fight Alcoholism? By Yifeng Cheng, Jun Wang published 25 October 16 Heavy drinking causes brain changes that make you want to drink more. But using a virus to deliver a gene into specific neurons in the brain may be a way to mitigate those changes.